Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	300% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210301
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 12:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,187 105% 890 Pts	64-Core 1,625 101% 1,625 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 10.8 7% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 12 Splatting 10.8 10% 12 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1533 1275 1275 1274 1274 1243 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 2,369 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 1,312 433% 1,933 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 74.8 248% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 937 701% 936 MB/s
Poor: 224% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 380%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 341GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 142 142 142 141 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 141 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 1x8GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 11.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,452x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	830x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16